Indicator for indoor golf games



w. H. SEAGRAVE INDICATOR FOR INDOOR GOLF GAMES Filed Feb. 28

S A R B Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES WALTER H. SEAGRAVE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

INDICATOR FOR I'NDOOR GOLF GAMES.

Application filed February 28, 1920. Serial No. 362,080.

0 all whom 2'1.- may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. SEAGRAVE,

citizen of the United States, residing at Jleveland. in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Indicators for Indoor Golf Games, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an indicator or spinner forming a part of anindoor golf game constituting the subject matter of my 1920, and thepresent application is in part a continuation of my prior patent.

The indoor golf game eonstitutingthe subject matter of my prior patentincludes a board representing a portion of a course and provided with amovable putting green anc adjustable or movable hazards and bunkers sothat different holes of any golf course can be reproduced. Additionallythe game includes an indicator or distance determining deviceconstituting the subject matter of the present invention.

This indicator is in the form of a disk with a central rotary spinner,which disk is divided by concentric circles into radially disposedconcentric divisions pertaining to the different golf clubs, and theannular spaces bounded by the concentric circles are dividedcircumferentially into what may be termed distance spaces havingsuitable data to indicate the carry of the imaginary ball, and the rollof the ball. Additionally these distance spaces are preferably providedwith data such as letters, A, B, C, D, etc., to indicate lateralmovement of the ball across the course, since the playin board ispreferably provided with marked courses designated by the letters justreferred to.

The invention may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain noveldetails or features of the improved spinner, which will be decsribed inthe specification and set forth in the appended claims.

The figure of the accompanying sheet of drawings is a plan view of themajor portion of the indicator involving the present invention.

In the drawings, 10 represents the disk of the indicator, and 11 thespinner which is pivoted to rotate about the axis of the disk. The diskis divided by concentric circles 12, into radially disposed annularspaces which are preferably distinguished from prior Patent No.1,384,176, dated March 16,

one another by different colors. these annular spaces pertaining to thedifferent golf clubs, and being preferably suitably designated as shownat 13, bv the names of the clubs that are ordinarily used, such asDriver, Brassey, Mid-iron, Mashie. Mashie niblick, Niblick, and Putter.Additionally these annular spaces pertaining to the different clubs aredivided circumferentially by radial lines 1 into circumferentiallyspaced distance spaces 15. These distance spaces are provided with datasuch as shown at 16 to indicate the distance that a player is entitledto for an imaginary stroke represented by the spinning of the spinner11.

Preferably the distance is divided into 1 that obtained by the carry ofthe ball, or

flight through the air, and that obtained by the roll of the ball. Theseare indicated in the drawings by the letters C, and R, accompanied bydistance figures indicating yards. For example, a. space may contain thedata C 115 and R 25, which would mean that the player had advanced hisball 140 yards, 115 yards of which was carry or flight through the air,and 25 yards of which was obtained by the roll of the ball afterstriking the ground. Additionally some of the distance spaces may beprovided with the word missed such as indicated at 17 at the right handof the driver circle. or the words out of bounds as indicated at 18 atthe left hand side of the driver circle. Preferably some of the distancespaces are confined to the distance covered by the carry only, and some.by the roll only. In other words, the data in the various distancespaces is indicative of, or corresponds to the actual results obtainedin playing a regular golf game. The innermost circle devoted to theputter is preferably not provided with distance data. but thecircumferentially spaced sections thereof are alternately marked holeand miss indicating either that the player holed out or missed the hole,depending upon the position in which the spinner comes to rest.

As shown in my prior patent, the playing course or board has a series ofparallel, longitudinal lines marked A, B, C and D, along which the ballsare advanced, but as it is usually the case that in playing a golf gamethe ball does not go straight down the course toward the putting green,in order that the conditions of playin the present game may as nearly aspossi le be like those actually encountered, the distance spaces arepreferably provided after the carry distance and roll distance withletters corresponding to the lettered course lines on the playing board.For example, a distance space may have the data, C 155 A and R 10 B,which would mean that the player is entitled to a carry of 155 yardswith the ball landing on course A, and a roll of 10 yards from course Aover to course B. The importance of this is the effect which certain ofthe bunkers or hazards may have on the ball, for if the ball were to gostraight down the course it might avoid a bunker or hazard, whereas ifit had a lateral as well as forward roll it might roll into a bunker orhazard, in which event the player would be penalized as in the playingof an ordinary game.

The manner in which the spinner of this application is used inconnection with the playing board claimed in my prior application isfully described in the prior application and need not be here repeated,it being understood that the spinner will be used alternately by thedifferent players (assuming that more than one is playing) and that theposition in which the spinner comes to rest after being spun, determinesthe distance, both carry and roll, to which the player is entitled, thedistance that the. player is en- 1. An indicator or distance determiningdevice forming a part of an indoor golf game and comprising a disk witha central spinner, said disk having radially disposed divisionspertaining to different golf clubs and being divided circumferentiallinto suitable marked or designated distance spaces, at least part ofwhich have data to indicate the distance covered by the flight or carryof the ball, and the distance covered by the rolling of the ball.

2. An indicator or distance determining device forming a part of anindoor golf game comprising a disk with a central spinner, the diskbeing provided with radially disposed concentric s aces pertaining todifferent golf clubs, said spaces being divided into distance spaceshaving data indicating the distance that the ball has advanced, and dataindicating the lateral movement of the ball, the forward distance dataof part of said spaces being divided into flight or carry and rollportions.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

WALTER H. SEAGRAVE.

